At least along the TEN-T network
A large majority of the transport committee in the European Parliament has voted in favor of a plan that should regulate the number of fast charging stations and hydrogen filling points. The goal: a charging station every 60 km on major routes and a hydrogen station every 150 km
The plan is part of the Fit-For-55 package, with which the European Union wants to achieve its self-imposed target of a 55 percent CO2 reduction by 2030. Part of that package is a report on the European infrastructure in the field of alternative fuels, of which the wish list in the field of charging stations, among other things, is an important part.
The proposal that the transport committee within the European Parliament has now approved is quite concrete. It states, for example, that there must be a publicly accessible charging point for electric vehicles every 60 kilometers on the roads within the so-called TEN-T network, which includes the main European through routes. It is perhaps more striking that a hydrogen station must be built every 150 km on the same European main roads. The transport committee foresees an important role for hydrogen in reducing CO2 emissions, especially for freight traffic. In the Netherlands, part of the A4, part of the A15, the A16 and the A1 from Amsterdam to the German border are part of this TEN-T network. In addition to hydrogen and electricity, there is and will always be a role for LNG, according to the transport committee.
The Dutch MEP Caroline Nagtegaal (VVD) is jointly responsible for the plan. It not only draws attention to the number of charging and filling stations, but also to the precise details. For example, according to Nagtegaal, paying at a charging station should become simpler and more transparent and should therefore be possible with a debit card or credit card.
Voting in favour by the transport committee does not mean that this plan will actually come to fruition. A plenary vote in the European Parliament will follow shortly, probably within two weeks. Press officer Angèl Nijskens does not expect any problems with this: “Now that it has passed the transport committee so well, it is expected that it will also pass in the plenary vote.” If that happens (or doesn’t) you will of course read it here.
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